The 43rd partypoker US Open 9-Ball Championship broke off at Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas on Sunday as a 256-player field of the world’s elite pool players began their quest to land one of billiard’s biggest titles.
The reincarnation of one of pool’s oldest majors, now promoted by Matchroom Multi Sport, began at 9am with 33 tables breaking in unison. Among the first to move to the winne...
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The 43rd partypoker US Open 9-Ball Championship will be broadcast live in America on the global sports streaming platform DAZN, Matchroom Multi Sport is delighted to announce.
DAZN will show the final three days of the tournament from April 24-26 as the remaining 16 players battle it out at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino Convention Center, Las Vegas to claim one of the biggest t...
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(Las Vegas)--Taiwan’s Kevin Cheng captured the inaugural WPA Players Championship on Friday, storming back from the near dead to defeat the Philippines Carlo Biado, 12-11, in a thrilling final at Griffs Billiards in Las Vegas.
The victory capped a terrific week for the Taiwanese sharpshooter, who showed that not only is he one of pool’s hottest sharp shooters, but also that he is a resili...
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Players & Fans,Congratulations to stop # 13 winners Jeremy Sossei ($1,000 - main event), Josh Welsh ($300 - second chance) & $1,500 Joss Cue raffle winner Bob Sirianni.
Stop # 14 of our 2018/2019 season will be at the beautiful new Brick House Billiards in N. Syracuse NY on April 27 & 28. Our hosts Mary & Brian Holmes and Brad Rees have created one of the most beautiful rooms i...
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(Las Vegas)---Any discussion by pool fans about which countries produce the world’s very best players will invariably find the Philippines and Taiwan at the top of the list. And this week in Las Vegas, not surprisingly, those arguments came through loud and very clear.
After three days featuring the very best pool players from all corners of the globe, the 64 player field at the inaugural...
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(Las Vegas)--The Philippines' Johann Chua pretty much knew his run in the WPA Players Championship was over. Playing in a round of 32 match against Hall of Famer Mika Immonen and down 6-2 in a race to 7 alternate break match, there was little chance for the talented Filipino to come back.
But the pool gods started to conspire against the great Finn, and Chua slowly clawed his way into con...
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partypoker will title sponsor the 43rd US Open 9-Ball Championship, which takes place at Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas from April 21-26.
partypoker is one of the oldest, most recognised and trusted online poker brands. Launched in August 2001, partypoker.com is one of the pioneers of the online poker industry and has a long-standing history with Matchroom Pool as title sponsors...
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(Las Vegas)–The first ever WPA Players Championship got underway at Griffs Billiards in Las Vegas on Tuesday, and the quality of the match ups on offer out of the box certainly didn’t disappoint. That’s because the 64 player field is one of the highest quality gatherings of pool’s current and rising stars.
The format of the event is designed to offer plenty of excitement as well.&nb...
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Matchroom Multi Sport are pleased to announce that the Outsville Accu-Rack will be the Official Racking Template of the US Open 9-Ball Championship, which takes place at Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas from April 21-16.
A specially-designed commemorative US Open 9-Ball Championship Accu-Rack has been commissioned and will be used exclusively during the double elimination stage of the US Open. S...
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The inaugural WPA Players Championship is set to begin tomorrow, Tuesday, April 16 at noon local time. The $50,000 added prize money event is being staged at Griff’s Billiards, where 48 champions gathered from around the world join the 16 who qualified in the earlier stages of the event.The 64-player field will be one of the strongest in recent years for a USA-staged event. Europe will be repres...
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The draw for the 43rd US Open 9-Ball Championship has been made, with Jayson Shaw to begin his defense against Marcus Weston at Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas on Sunday, April 21.
The draw was seeded with a golf-style category system adopted, which took in rankings from across the pool world including WPA World Ranking, BCA Standings and Fargo Rating. As defending champion Shaw was seeded...
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Four players from four countries bested the field in Qualifier 3 of the WPA Players Championship. Omar Al-Shaheen (Kuwait), Mitch Ellerman (USA), Jeffrey Ignacio (Philippines) and Nick Malaj (Greece) finished as the top four of the 50-player field to advance to the $50,000 added Stage 2 Main Event which begins Tuesday, April 16.
The WPA Playe...
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The second Stage 1 Qualifier for the WPA Players Championship was dominated by Taiwan. Yu-Lung Chang, Ching-Shun Yang, and Ri Teng Liu, accompanied by USA's Max Eberle, have each advanced to the $50,000 added Stage 2 Main Event which begins Tuesday, April 16.
The WPA Players Championship is being staged at Griff’s Billiards in Las Vegas, April 12-19. The ma...
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The first Stage 1 Qualifier for the WPA Players Championship is complete and four of the 57 competitors have advanced to the $50,000 added Stage 2 Main Event. James Aranas of the Philippines, Kai Lun Hsu of Taiwan, Nicholas De Leon of USA and Duong Quoc of Vietnam each won four matches in a row to advance.
The WPA Players Championship is bein...
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CueSports International (CSI) is proud to announce a new three-year partnership in which Predator has become the Official Cue of CueSports International and the BCA Pool League.Predator has long been an industry leader in cue design and manufacturing. Since its inception in 1994, Predator's commitment to innovation has created a legacy of high performance, supported by scientific d...
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A record number of viewers saw David Alcaide’s dramatic Dafabet World Pool Masters win live on Sky Sports, while over half a million fans saw the tournament unfold around the world on Facebook Live.
Alcaide won his second Masters title with a 9-ball banked down the table at hill-hill, the final shot of perhaps the most thrilling final in the event’s 26-year history. All six sessions of the tou...
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CueSports International (CSI) is thrilled to announce a three-year partnership in which JB Cases has become the Official Case of CSI events and leagues, including the BCA Pool League and USA Pool League.JB Cases is an industry leader in custom cue case design and manufacturing. Using their user-friendly website, a person can specify every detail of the design and customization of a case. Everyth...
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The Final
David Alcaide 9 – 8 Alexander Kazakis
Semi-Finals
David Alcaide 8 – 3 Eklent Kaci
Alexander Kazakis 8 – 1 Skyler Woodward
DAVID ALCAIDE is the 2019 Dafabet World Pool Masters Champion as he won an absolute belter of a final as he came from behind to beat Alexander Kazakis 9-8 in front of a packed crowd at the Tercentenary Hall at the Victoria Stadium in Gib...
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Johan Ruijsink will coach Team USA for a third time at this year’s partypoker Mosconi Cup and will have Shane van Boening and Skyler Woodward on his team at Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas this November 25-28.
Ruijsink guided USA to their 12th partypoker Mosconi Cup title and first in nine years when they shocked Team Europe with an 11-9 success at Alexandra Palace, London last December. W...
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QUARTER-FINALS
David Alcaide 7 – 3 Shane van Boening
Alex Pagulayan 5 – 7 Eklent Kaci
Alexander Kazakis 7 – 1 Matt Edwards
Albin Ouschan 3 – 7 Skyler Woodward
AFTER 20 MATCHES the 2019 Dafabet World Pool Masters is left with just four players and what an exciting semi-final line-up it promises to be three European stars and one American go for the most prestigio...
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